Growing pains: Springfield coach focusing on culture; confident wins will come

KALLIE HANSEL-TENNES/ CHRONICLE PHOTO. First-year Springfield coach TC Combs fires his team up during a timeout in the team’s loss to Thurston last week. Combs is trying to change the culture at a program that’s gone a combined 13-50 over the last three seasons, and says getting the kids to believe in themselves is the first step.

SPRINGFIELD – The Springfield Millers boys basketball team hasn’t had it easy in recent history, and their new head coach is trying to turn that around. Springfield was 13-50 over the course of the past three seasons, and hasn’t had a winning season since the 2019-20 campaign. 

TC Combs, Churchill alum and previously a Churchill assistant, is trying to change the culture in his first year at the helm.

“They didn’t have a great record…

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